Alex White, EXCLUSIVE, Herald Sun October 28, 2017
MEDICINAL cannabis is no better than conventional drugs for treating children with severe epilepsy, according to a top Victorian doctor.
After months of treatment, none of the 29 Victorian children accessing $1 million worth of medicinal cannabis product, imported from Canada, has been seizure free.
Paediatric neurologist Professor Ingrid Scheffer told the Sunday Herald Sunmedicinal cannabis had been effective in some of the cases by reducing fits among some of the group.
However, the results had been similar to outcomes achieved on other pharmaceutical drugs and it was not the miracle solution families were hoping for.
Families hear the news kids who need cannabis to help with chronic illness will gain access. Picture: Jason Edwards
“Initially we all had a sense of hope but that didn’t last but that is the nature of these diseases,” Prof Scheffer said.
